Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) is an 808-bed
tertiary hospital
A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital, tertiary referral center, tertiary care center, or tertiary center) is a hospital that provides tertiary care, which is a level of health care obtained from specialists in a large hos ...
in downtown
Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures rele ...
,
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
designed by HKS, Inc. (architect) and Walter P Moore (structural engineer). It is the flagship of the
Orlando Health
Orlando Health is a private, not-for-profit network of community and specialty hospitals based in Orlando, Florida. Orlando Health is Central Florida’s fourth largest employer with nearly 23,000 employees and more than 4,500 affiliated physicians ...
system.
Background
ORMC is also the closest Level I
Trauma Center
A trauma center (or trauma centre) is a hospital equipped and staffed to provide care for patients suffering from major trauma, major traumatic injuries such as Falling (accident), falls, motor vehicle collisions, or gunshot wounds. A trauma cent ...
to
Kennedy Space Center
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers. Since December 1968 ...
and is the definitive medical care facility (DMCF) for the launch site, with joint-training exercises held several times each year.
The hospital is nationally ranked in the
''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Hospitals Rankings for five pediatric specialties and rated high performing in nine adult procedures and conditions.
References
External links
Orlando Regional Medical CenterOfficial Website
Orlando HealthOfficial Website
Buildings and structures in Orlando, Florida
Healthcare in Orlando, Florida
Hospital buildings completed in 1918
Hospitals in Florida
1918 establishments in Florida
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Trauma centers